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A comment on 10 reasons that start-ups 100% absolutely should outsource (almost) everything. Parent comment

Re:10 reasons that start-ups 100% absolutely should outsourc... by dcurtis on Sunday April 27, 2008 @08:09PM (#175153)
Right, there are always exceptions. But you shouldn't give advice based on exceptional cases.
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Re:10 reasons that start-ups 100% absolutely should outsourc... by nazgulnarsil on Sunday April 27, 2008 @10:44PM (#175239)
doesn't this invalidate all advice since only statistics can give non-anecdotal advice?
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Re:10 reasons that start-ups 100% absolutely should outsourc... by swombat on Monday April 28, 2008 @06:44AM (#175515)
If you give advice about anecdotal cases, you should package it with advice about how to make that exception situation arise again.

If you don't know why it went well despite poor odds, don't give advice :-P

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